LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Protesting members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria have shot dead a senior police officer, DCP Umar, who was in charge of Operations at the Federal Capital Territory Police Command. Umar was reportedly gunned down as he tried to pacify the rampaging Shi’ite members who disrupted commercial activities and vehicular movement during…
LAGOS JULY 10TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has described protest led by some secular musicians against the General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye as embarrassing and unfair. CAN in a statement issued on Wednesday by its National Director, Legal and Public Affairs, Evangelist Barrister Kwamkur Samuel Vondip advised…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shiites, on Tuesday, invaded the National Assembly complex premises, resulting in an exchange with security operatives. Soures revealed that the protesting Shiites members in their numbers broke down the first gate and proceeded to the second, which serves as the main…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The paramount ruler and people of Akpa/Otobi community in Otukpo Local Government Area, LGA, one of the areas designated by the Federal Government to host the proposed (Ruga) settlements for herdsmen in Benue State yesterday led his subjects in a peaceful protest in Otukpo town rejecting the proposal. The people who came…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was tension in Edo as youths of Okada area blocked the Benin – Lagos expressway smashing wind screens of vehicles belonging to travellers over the death of a woman allegedly killed by herdsmen. It was gathered that the incident happened at Okada junction by Ofumwengbe community in Ovia North-East local government…
LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Super Falcons players have refused to leave the team hotel after their exit from the women’s World Cup on Saturday, demanding that the country’s soccer federation clears all of their outstanding bonus payments, ESPN reported. The players staged a sit-in protest shortly after Nigeria were beaten 3-0 by double champions Germany…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Churches, Islamic clerics and political groups in Nazareth, the largest city in the northern district of Israel, have joined forces against a two-day crusade being planned by Nigerian preacher, TB Joshua, at Mount Precipice. The churches and Islamic leaders want Joshua banned from preaching in Israel and called for the cancellation of…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential cINEC Server: Atiku Disowns Report He Plans To Lead Protest If He Loses At Tribunalandidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has dismissed a viral claim that he plans to lead a street protest if the Presidential Election Tribunal ruled against him and his party. The debunked claim…
